Hot Online: 'Accidental Racist' song gets backlash

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Apr 9, 2013 at 11:10 AM

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Country music star Brad Paisley and rapper LL Cool J teamed up for the “Accidental Racist,” and the lyrics are causing controversy, with some claiming the song is actually racist. Comedians like Patton Oswalt went crazy on Twitter poking fun of the song, while Paisley defended it to Entertainment Weekly saying he knew the song would be shocking. Watch the video report at the bottom of this column.

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Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen was the victim of an Internet hoax that said he was denouncing Christianity. A website on Monday went up that looked like Osteen’s official website, and it said he was leaving Christianity and that the Bible was a "fallible, flawed, highly inconsistent history book." Osteen responded by telling ABC News, "You know, I'm really not angry. I don't feel like a victim. I feel too blessed, that life is too short to let things like this get you down."

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Dennis Rodman was fired from “All-Star Celebrity Apprentice” after a spelling error. Rodman and his Team Power misspelled the name of Donald Trump’s wife on an advertising campaign, spelling it Milania instead of Melania.

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